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Trent Woodberry
Director, Strategic Communcations,
CPB Contractors
- Close to 20 years’ experience including key executive leadership roles on some of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects and delivery agencies in both the public and private sector.
- Senior Executive that has driven strategic business direction, corporate strategy, change management and behaviour change programs internally and externally.
- Trusted adviser to CEOs, Managing Directors, Ministers, Ministerial Offices and senior government stakeholders in organisational risk, corporate governance, business workflows, people management, change management, culture, systems and processes, corporate affairs, communications, and strategy.
- Executive Strategic Communications Director that has overseen multiple Corporate Affairs, Strategic Communications, Media and Community Engagement departments.
- Leader of multiple award-winning communications (State, National and Global) departments, teams, campaigns and projects.
- Strong and experienced crisis communication and media professional with reputational impact expertise.
- Problem solver with a honed eye to scan environments for risk to reputation, delivery challenges, political acumen, financial impacts and people and business improvements.
- Strong advocate for local communities and key stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Innovator through influence that has helped shape the face of communications in the infrastructure industry in Victoria and across Australia.
- Recognised Nationally as a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) for achievements in developing and innovating communications strategies on major infrastructure projects.
- Innovator and champion for sustainability practices – member of the executive committee that launched Victoria’s Big Build ecologiq program, and the annual ecologiq greener infrastructure conference https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/about/ecologiq/ecologiq-conference-2022 The program and the conferences’ simple goal is to revolutionise the use of recycled materials in infrastructure projects.
- Advisory Board Member of the Monash University Communications Faculty (Strategic Communications).
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